My Mamaw Dixie is the spirit of our family.
Mamaw is always whistling songs, thanking the lord, or smiling with the greatest of love on her face. My fondest memories include her holding a Gibson guitar close, and singing the sweetest songs from the past.
The following video is of her on our farm. You can hear my family around her laughing and playing. Her love and faith are tangible in this video.
I want you to move past the word Jesus for a minute. My Mamaw has a faith that transcends her religious tone. A faith which encompasses pure love as a motivator to life.
Faith is life's greatest connector and motivator. It enables us to connect trust and loyalties with others, develop a larger perspective--through those relationships, develop values and subjugate meaning to our lives, and have hope, brightening our view of the world through a positive lens.
Faith is essential to happiness. And faith goes beyond the confines of religious thought or dogma. Faith is an attitude or philosophy toward life.
Faith is to your self what the muscles are to the body.
It is the thing that makes you move forward.
Developing faith is a matter of practice. Just as you exercise the body and muscles, so must you exercise and practice your faith.
In the words of George Michael:
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